Monday, September 18, 2006

Air jiu-jiitsu "champ"

A man wearing military fatigues and throwing punches into the air tried to open the exit door of a jet during a United Airlines flight on Tuesday night, airline officials and passengers said.

The passenger became unruly about 3 1/2 hours into the flight from Los Angeles and was subdued by other passengers and federal air marshals, a United spokeswoman said.

A man who was on the flight, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he helped subdue the unruly passenger. The man wore patches on his fatigues with special forces and jujitsu champion logos, Wolfenberger said.

The man had been acting strangely for about 20 minutes before the incident, then sat up, wrapped belts around his hands and threw punches into the air.

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